Brodie Brown was awarded the Duff-Kingston Sportsmanship Award for the tournament.

CWC vs. NCOE

Earlier in the season these two teams met and scorched the nets with a high scoring performance at CWC. The Bulldogs got the win but a neutral court was sure to even the odds a bit.

The Bulldogs and the Cardinals met in a win or go home game on Saturday, and by the way both teams played each other, neither wanted to leave.

CWC got off to a hot start, and looked to run away with the game with a 16-6 first quarter lead.

NCOE began the comeback in the second, outscoring CWC 15-10, and cutting the Bulldog lead to six, 26-21.

NCOE came in after the halftime break and held CWC to four points, and took a 32-30 lead after three by scoring 11 points.

CWC was able to pull out a 12-9 fourth to get the one-point win and move on.

Chase Sailer led the Bulldogs with 16 points. Other scorers for CWC were Brodie Brown with 11, Andy Vaughan with 10, Jordan Large with four and Seth Gross with one.

Blake Karnes led the Cardinals with 11 points. Other scorers for NCOE were Cole Tucker with nine, Chase Sutton with five, Dylan Martin with four, Dakota Wheeler with four, Seth Halfacre with four and Jacob Taylor with four.

The turnover battle in the game was fairly even with a slight edge going to CWC, 6-7.

CWC also won the free throw percentage battle, 63 percent to 56 percent. NCOE, however, only were able to get nine attempts from the line, while CWC was 15-24.

After the Bulldogs morning win over NCOE, a 10 p.m. game with Eldorado was next up. The Bulldogs were shorthanded, with an illness that kept Jamey Steed out of the lineup all tournament and an injury to Dylan Rankin in the morning game.

But the Bulldogs still put up a good fight.

In the first quarter, Eldorado took a 13-11 advantage, but CWC came back and were two points better than the Eagles in the second, 18-16, to tie the game at 29 at the half.

Both teams came up with 15 points in the third and it was a 44-44 tie heading into the final period.

Carmi scored its highest point total in the fourth, but Eldorado was better, outscoring CWC 26-20 to get the win and eliminating the Bulldogs.

Andy Vaughan led the Bulldogs with 19 points. Other scorers were Chase Sailer with 18, Brodie Brown with 17, Jordan Large with four, Clay Vaught with four and Joe Matz with two.

Eldorado won the turnover battle, 6-7.

Eldorado was well ahead of CWC in the free throw battle, 74 percent to 48 percent. CWC was 12-25 from the line, while Eldorado was an impressive 23-31 from the line.

The Bulldogs will have a chance to extract some revenge as they host Eldorado Friday night.

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